Angle-plate.



IRWIN.

ANGLE PLATE.

- APPLICATION FILED 0019. 1914.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. IRWIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairport, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Angle-Plates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in splice bars or angle plates desi ed to secure together rail joints, and its principal object is the provision of a plate of this character which is so cut and bent as to form cooperating rail and tie-engaging flanges arranged with respect to each other so as to obtain a most rigid connection for preventing spreading or turning of the rails. This and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed. Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part oftliis specification, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the application of my invention to a rail joint; Fig. 2 is a horizohtal sectional View on the plane indicated by the line 22 of'Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a blank from which my angle plate is formed.

Specifically describing the invention, the

numeral 1 designates an angle plate which constitutes the subject matter of my invention and comprises a bqdy portion having its longitudinal edge portion bent upwardly to form a flange 2 adapted to be disposed against the web of a rail. At theopposite side the body portion of the plate is formed with a lateral extension 3 and this extension, as will be observed by reference to Fig. 3, is out or formed with an L-shaped slit 1 and the material at the end of this slit is bent downwardly as clearly shown in Fig. 1 so as to form a rail engaging flange 4: particularly engaging beneath the base of the V rail. The material at the side portion of the L-shaped slit is also bent downwardly to form a tie-engaging flange 5 which 15 at right angles to the flange 4, the latter being in alinement with the rail. It will be noted from the drawings that the opposite side of the body portion and lateral extension 3 of the plate 1 is similarly formed with these specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 16, 119115, Appllcation flled October 9,1914. Serial No. 885,888.

1 flanges designated 4', 5', and a plate thus formed is disposed at each side of a rail joint, the rails being designated in the drawings b the characters A-A. Theplate is forme with suitable openings to admit of the fastening members orbolts 6 extending through the extension 3 and the bolts 7, 7

passing through the flange 2 and the Web portions of the rails AA.

I preferably employ in conjunction with the angle plate hereinbefore described the metallic cross bar or tie element 8 upon which the rails are seated and this member may be disposed and properly secured in any desired manner to an ordinary tie, or where desired constitute the tie itself. In employing the particular angle plates arranged at opposite sides of the rails and secured to the rigid member 8 a very'rigid construction'is secured which tends to prevent the turning of the rail members or likelihood of their spreading. The plates are. of course, made of metal and'of a suitable thickness to withstand the ordinary strains placed upon these members and it will be obvious'that the angular arrangement of the rail and tie engaging flanges maintains a proper en-' gagement and disposition of the plates and the rails with respect to the tie members upon which they rest.

l laving thus described the inventiomwhat is claimed as new is:-

1. An angle plate of the class described comprising a body portion having an L- shaped slit formed therein. said body portion having a lateral extension, the material at one side of the slit being bent downwardly to form a tie engaging flange and at the end of the slit similarly bent to form a rail engaging flange at right angles to the tie engaging flange and parallel-wlth the rail. 2. An angle plate of the class described comprising a body portion having a lateral extension, the extension being formed with an L-shaped slit at each side thereof, the material at one side'of each' slit being bent downwardly to form-tie engaging flanges at opposite sides of the extension, said material.

being also bent in a similar manner at the end of each slit to form rail engaging flanges arranged at opposite sides of the t e at angles to the tie engaging flanges and parallel with the rail beneath which they engage, and said body portion being-also formed with an up standing flange adapted to rest'aguinsi; the Web of a rail, and Web and tie fastening;

members passing through the upstanding flange and the lateral extenslon.

wh 'rufi I a'ifix my signature awe witnesses.

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